Saint Patty's Pub Crawl comes to Rochester

ROCHESTER — Pubs are said to be the official sunblock of Ireland. With 7,500 pubs and a population of 4.7 million, that means there’s a pub for every 630 people.

The pub ratio in Rochester may not be as great, but there should be a good show of support on Saint Patty’s Day when several pubs band together for the first annual Saint Patrick’s Day Pub Crawl of Rochester.

So from 3 to 8 p.m. on Monday, March 17, the Irish holiday will be celebrated at a succession of five in-town eateries featuring lively music, their finest pints of ale, and heaping plates of corned beef and cabbage. Revelers of the festival — who purchase a $5 ticket — should be seen on the hour traveling from one pub to another, keeping the party intact.

This pub crawl will be sponsored by Sam Adams Beer Company, which will offer up prizes at all five pubs.

It all begins from 3 to 4 p.m. at The Garage at The Governor’s Inn, with its large selection of draft and craft beer, then moves on from 4 to 5 p.m. at The Lilac City Grille where green beer will be offered. Then from 5 to 6 p.m. the party moves to the Draft Pick Pub, already adorned in shamrocks, and then from 6 to 7 p.m. it’s off to the new Publick House. Finally, the crawl winds up from 7 to 8 p.m. at Radloff’s Cigar Box and On the Rox Lounge where it all will wrap up with a good smoke.

Pub crawlers have all five pub meisters to thank for this new tradition, and should heed them in the Irish way as they go … “Now don’t be talking about yourselves while you’re in here … we’ll surely be doin’ that after you leave!”